In a shift in approach, Arena Drafts will now have 1 guaranteed Legendary per Draft. Read more about it below!
Quote from BlizzardFor the upcoming arena season, we're excited to try a new drafting structure.
The first pick of each draft will be a guaranteed legendary, and legendaries won't appear in subsequent picks. We hope this will allow for the new singleton legendaries in the upcoming Showdown in the Badlands expansion to feel like a viable strategy in Arena as well. As a result of guaranteeing a Legendary in each deck, Titans have been removed from the arena pool.
We'll be monitoring the experience and player feedback closely, and will make adjustments if necessary. We recognize that this is quite a dramatic change, and above all want it to be a good experience for our players. Also as a small reminder, Hero Cards are not draftable in Arena at any time.
Exception: JARAXXUS CARES NOT FOR YOUR PUNY ARENA RULES. (Lord Jaraxxus is staying in)
Showdown in the Badlands Card List & Expansion Guide
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated Card List.
Slight nerf to chinese bots with perfect drafts. Now you won't see like 2 titans and 3 other legendaries in your barcode opponent's deck. They can still draft insane decks tho.
Honestly arena feels pretty unbalanced right now, some cards are just completely broken like Rheastraza
this feels pretty good so far
I would love an arena twist so maybe each deck had 40 cards and heroes had 40 health, for a short time at least
Whatever. Hearthstone remains the card game with the worst limited.
I don't know about other games, but MtG limited is ten times worse than HS
For power: Whatever, most legendary cards suck anyway and are better as possible discover options. No titans is BIG thou
But for the drafting experience and deck consistency it's a big deal. Knowing that you can get the one crucial synergy card in your first pick only may even add some definable skill to it :p
5 years 2 late i still dont know wtf i got to do with those dumb tavern passes
turn 1 10 20 30 legendadary for everyone maek arena little balanced
The titan exclusion is probably the most relevant point, since they can't be discovered. Giving just one legendary is pointless though, I haven't drafted a single Scourge in 100 runs, I have played tons though.
My point is that who cares how many legendaries you have drafted, if every other card can discover one.
That line sums up most of my arena experiences, only that you can replace legendaries with board clears and removals and big minions and whatever else is needed at a given moment.
Or to be more on point, Arena feels completely dominated by Discover. You either pick every single Discover you find, or try to build a deck that is fast enough to beat them before you inevitably get outvalued.
I haven't played much Arena in a long time to really have a better understanding, but this was almost every Arena run for me lately, and I just don't like it anymore.
Why are you commenting on the past. So your unhappy they are changing something you wanted changed for a long time. My god sometimes people just want to hate without even trying to think
Buddy why so salty? I just got my first 12 win run last week, then I got a 0-3 run this week. RNG is RNG, but if you can't average at least a few wins the problem is skill issue
You REALLY need to see a doctor...
Finally i wont get rect by 3+ legendaries🎉
Im glad they change to this. Im so sick of facing titans in arena that heal hero to full health. Wtf
I'm honestly more excited about the no titans part rather than the guaranteed legendary part. After recently losing won games twice to the druid titan healing my enemy to full (one of the times from 1hp) I really don't wanna experience that shit again lol
Great update! Is arena finally saved?
Why no more Titans? They’re too good?
Probably too polarizing; the wrong titan can really wreck a game in Arena, especially given that your opponent isn't as likely to have the removal that you'd usually include in a standard deck.